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Our own opinion of ourselves should be lower than that formed by others, for we have a better chance at our imperfections.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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Philosopher
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Theologian
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Jacksonville
Florida
Thomas von Kempen
Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas von Kempen à Kempis
Hämerkin
Hämmerlein
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Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be said to be better than you are in God's sight.
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We are sometimes stirred by emotion and take it for zeal.
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It carries a burden which is no burden it will not be kept back by anything low and mean it desires to be free from all wordly affections, and not to be entangled by any outward prosperity, or by any adversity subdued.
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Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great.
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So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit.
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Judge yourself and beware of passing judgement on others. In judging others we expend our energy to no purpose we are often mistaken and easily sin. But if we judge ourselves our labour is always to our profit.
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Bodily exercises are to be done discreetly not to be taken evenly and alike by all men.
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If you seek Jesus in all things you will surely find Jesus. And if you seek yourself, you will surely find yourself, but only to your ruin.
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What thou art, that thou art.
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If thou be not busy for thyself now, who shall be busy for thee in time to come?
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Do not let your peace depend on what people say of you... True peace and joy is to be found in [Jesus] alone.
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Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.
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May not be your peace in the mouth of the men since no matter if they thing good or bad about you, you should not be a different man because of that.
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To be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace.
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How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.
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Some people are tempted most strongly at the beginning of their spiritual life, others near the end. Some are troubled all their lives. Still others receive only light temptation. Such things are decided by God, and we can trust his wisdom.
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If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.
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Anyone who thinks hard work will never hurt you has never had to pay to have it done. Jesus now has many lovers of his Heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of his cross.
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If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death.
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Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace.
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